Many people think that the answer to that question is yes. ' If God cared,' they reason,' would not the world be a very different place?' We look around and see a world full of war, hatred, and misery. And as individuals, we get sick, we suffer, we lose loved ones in death. Thus, many say, 'If God cared about us and our problems, would he not prevent such things from happening? Worse yet, religious teachers sometimes lead people to think God is hardhearted. How so? When tragedy strikes, they say that it is God's will. In effect, such teachers blame God for bad things that happen. The truth is found in the book of James 1:13, which states very cleary that, "When under trial, let no one say: ' I am being tried by God.' For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone." A thats the truth put clear there in James 1:13. God is not hardhearted! :)